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(No Modelg) J. T. RICH.

HANGING LAMP; I No. 299,851. Patented-T111153, 1884 NlTE STATES JOHN T.RICH, OFMERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE MERIDEN lWIALLEABLE IRONCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

HANGING LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,851, dated June 3,1884.

Application filed January 14, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN T. Bron, of Meriden, in the county of New Havenand State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in HangingLamps; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connectionwith accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon,to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a sectional face view; Fig. 2, a transverse section below thesegments, looking upward; Fig. 3, a sectional side view; Fig. 4, one ofthe segments detached.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of lamp-fixturesdesigned to be suspended from the ceiling, and commonly called hanginglamps. These fixtures consist of a frame or harp, within which the lampis set, the frame extending up each side, the lamp attached to a ringabove, and with which ring a conical shade is engaged outside the frame;and my invention has special reference to the construction for securingthe shade in place. In the more general construction of this class offixtures, the ring above the shade is of larger diameter than theopening in the top of the shade, and the frame is broader than thatopening in the shade; hence in order to attach the shade it is-necessarythat the ring and frame shall be separable.

Previous to my invention a ring has been attached to the upper ends ofthe frame, with a flange extending down inside the shade, and so thatthe shade set over this ring would rest upon the flange. Then, as acrown, a second ring was arranged to set over the top of the shade, andconnected by bolts to the shadering, the suspending-chains attached {tothis second or upper ring. In such construction the shade-ring serves tohold the upper ends of the arms in their proper relation to each other,and is therefore necessarily a complete ring.

The object of my invention is to simplify the construction and dispensewith the necessity of a complete shade-supporting ring, and

whereby the construction 1s specially appliit consists in making theattachment of the frame directly to .the upper or crowning ring, withflanged segments introduced between the crowning-ring and the tops ofthe frame, whereby the screws which attach the frame to thecrowning-ring will serve to hold the segments, and the flange of thesegments serve to support the shade, as more fully hereinafterdescribed.

A represents the usual harp or frame. At the center bottom thelamp-fount is attached, also in the usual manner. The two sides of thisframe, as in the usual construction, draw inward toward the top, so asto come within the shade B. The upper end of each arm is provided with avertical screw, a. Over the screw, on the end of each arm, a segment, C,is placed, from which a flange, I), on the outside projects downward,and corresponds to the shape of the interior of the shade, and so thatthe shade will rest thereon, as seen in Fig. 1.

D is the crowning ring, of considerably larger diameter than the shade,and constructed with a horizontal flange, d, which extends inward.Through this flange holes are made corresponding to the screws a on theframe. The ring is set over the screws onto the shadering, as shown, andthen the nut e is turned onto each of the screws a, ,to bind thecrowning ring and the segments firmly to the frame, the shade havingbeen set upon the flange of the segments C before the ring D is applied.

To the ring D the suspending-chains E are secured in the usual manner.The ring D serves to hold the upper ends of the frame in their properrelative position to each other. Thesegments serve to support the shade,and from which the shade may be removed by removing the nuts e, so as todetach the frame from the crowningring. The segments C have the hole f,through which the screws a pass, elongated transversely, so that thesegments may be moved out or in as occasion may require, to adapt themto shades of different diameters-that is to say, if the shade be oflarger diameter, then the segments are moved outward accordingly; or ifof less diameter, then the segments are moved inward. By

50 cable to fixtures made from sheet metal; and this construction,therefore, the shade-hold- 10o ing devices are adapted to support shadesof different diameters from the inside.

As before stated, the crowning-ring D is of larger diameter than theshade, and so as to overhang and substantially hide the upper edge ofthe shade, as seen in Fig. 1. By this construction the single connectionat the ends of the frame serves to secure the supportingsegments and thecrowning-ring to the ends of the frame, and because of making theshadesupports in the form of a segment instead of a complete ring notonly do I save the independent attachment of that ring to the frame, butsave a large amount of material in the supporting devices, and thissaving in fixtures made from sheet metal is a very considerable item.

I claim- 1. In a hanging-lamp fixture, the combination of the frame A A,constructed to support the fount between its two arms, the segments 0,set upon the arms of the frame and constructed with an outwardly anddownwardly projecting flange, upon which the shade B will rest, and thecrowning-ring D, set over the segments, and the segments and ringsecured to the end of the frame by a single screw or bolt at the end ofeach arm, substantially as described.

2. In a hanging-lamp fixture, the combination of the frame A A,constructed to support the fount between its two arms, the segments 0,set upon the arms of the frame and constructed with an outwardly anddownwardly projecting flange, upon which the shade B will rest, and thecrowning-ring D, set over the segments, the segments and ring secured tothe end of the frame by a single screw or bolt at the end of each arm,the said segments constructed with atransverse slot, through which thescrew or bolt passes, and whereby said segments may be adjusted todifferent diameters, substantially as described.

JOHN T. RICH.

WVitnesses:

Gno. W. SMITH, ELI I. MERRIMAN.

